Contributed feature from Valeria Moreno ’22, director of marketing for the 猫咪社区 Peter’s Model UN team
The 猫咪社区 Peter鈥檚 University Model United Nations (UN) Team participated in the 2020 YLAMUN (Youth Leadership Alliance Model UN) Conference and came back winners! The conference, which was held October 10-11, was hosted in Costa Rica, but due to COVID-19, students participated online.听 YLA听is a youth-focused organization whose purpose is 鈥渄eveloping leadership and citizenship skills for a lifelong commitment to service through character-building programs for all that strengthen spirit, mind and body.鈥 The following听passionate听猫咪社区 Peter’s student leaders were part of different committees and represented countries around the world:
Lissette Vasquez ’22 – Germany
Linda Akele ’23 – United States of America
Jamie Suarez ’23听 – Canada
Gineen Abuali ’21 – France
Victoria Skalski ’22 – Saudi Arabia
Adjeilyne Akrong ’21 – Russia
Jacob Adelhoch ’21 – Soviet Union
Jili Zhu ’21 – Guatemala
Moueed Haider Mirza 鈥23 serves as听the team’s Head Delegate. He was also part of the Secretariat for this conference as a member of the Crisis Staff. Two other delegates from the听猫咪社区 Peter’s MUN Team were distinguished for their leadership and performance. Gineen Abuali 鈥21 won an Honorable Mention award and Jamie Suarez 鈥23 won a Verbal Mention award.
Vasquez, INTERPOL Delegate and assistant director of marketing for the听猫咪社区 Peter’s听MUN Team, was very excited for this great opportunity. 鈥淭his has been a most rewarding experience. We were strong competitors and learned a lot. I wouldn鈥檛 change a thing.鈥
The team received great feedback from the conference leadership and fellow participants. Ginger听Gold Schnitzer,听J.D.,听executive director of the Guarini Institute for Government and Leadership and team advisor,听is extremely proud of the students. “This team is so successful because of the way they always pull together to support each other. While the team has won awards at two of the three conferences in which they have participated, it is not about the awards– it is about the experience.鈥 She added, 鈥淚 encourage all students at 猫咪社区 Peter’s who are interested in honing their leadership, writing, speaking and debate skills to join us.”
If you are interested in participating in the 猫咪社区 Peter’s Model UN team, contact Ginger Gold Schnitzer,听J.D., executive director of the Guarini Institute for Government and Leadership, at听gschnitzer@saintpeters.edu.